Africa

Residents across The Gambia are increasingly frustrated by months of electricity shortages, with frequent and prolonged blackouts disrupting homes, businesses...

The return of former Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma to Freetown has ended a prolonged period of political uncertainty...

Egyptian television personality Sarah Khalifa has been sentenced to death after being found guilty in a major drug trafficking case...

Fresh violence has erupted in Durban, South Africa, during a demonstration targeting undocumented migrants, renewing fears of attacks against foreign...

The new academic year has begun in the Democratic Republic of Congo under unusual circumstances, with schools in Ebola-affected areas...

A major road accident in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula has left 22 people dead and another 28 injured, authorities said on...

A proposed overhaul of Ethiopia's political system has opened a new and potentially divisive chapter in the country's politics, after...